https://github.com/wpkelso/slate
The text editor that's dumb as rocks
https://github.com/wpkelso/slate
elementary-apps elementary-os text-editor vala-applications
Last synced: 5 months ago
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The text editor that's dumb as rocks
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/wpkelso/slate
- Owner: wpkelso
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2025-05-02T18:44:01.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-12-02T20:09:08.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-01-30T17:03:34.349Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: elementary-apps, elementary-os, text-editor, vala-applications
- Language: Vala
- Homepage:
- Size: 786 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 10
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
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README
Slate
The text editor that's dumb as rocks
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## Building
Make sure you have the following dependencies:
```bash
libgranite-7-dev
gtk-4.0
libgio-2.0
meson
valac
```
Clone the repository and run:
```bash
meson setup build --prefix=/usr
cd build
ninja
```
Then to install run:
```bash
sudo ninja install
```
To build flatpak:
```bash
flatpak-builder build io.github.wpkelso.slate.yaml --user --install --force-clean --install-deps-from=appcenter
```